Maureen Sullivan Stemberg, ex-wife of Staples founder, sits in her $5,200 a month, 14th-floor, concierge-at-the-door, elegantly furnished Back Bay apartment and tells you shes broke. She cant work. She cant afford a car, her medications, her rent, even the family springer spaniel, J.J., who she just gave away.

Yep I doubt this pity party of this woman is gonna fly..remember..leftists hate rich people..they are going to look at this woman, see all of her riches and not feel a bit of sympathy for her..this whole story is going to blow up in Allred’s nasty ass face

Axelrod’s (and anyone that doesn’t think that he is behind this doesn’t know his history) and Allred’s idea, presumably, is to tap into the anger of any divorced woman that feels like she got screwed by “the system”. I would think Obama would already have the market cornered on the angry female vote, but perhaps not . . . .

Maureen Sullivan Stemberg, ex-wife of Staples founder, sits in her $5,200 a month, 14th-floor, concierge-at-the-door, elegantly furnished Back Bay apartment and tells you shes broke. She cant work. She cant afford a car, her medications, her rent, even the family springer spaniel, J.J., who she just gave away.

My definition of white trash: There's always a story and it often involves a "vehicle".

Yup, that’s not going to get sympathy from anyone. Man, pissing 4 million away on lawyers. She could have found some inveestment that could have made 10% a year safely. Greed. Unabashed greed gets you from 4 million to broke.

If this was such an important case for “women everywhere”, which she’ll stress, I’m sure, media whore Allred would have taken the case years ago. She sought this woman out at the last minute to try and screw Romney. It won’t work. People hate Allred and know her motives. She’s scum, pure scum.

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posted on 10/23/2012 9:55:44 PM PDT
by peggybac
(Hope and Change has become Divide and Conquer)

Maureen Sullivan Stemberg
For the past 20+years I have own and operated design firms in both Boston and Palm Beach. During that time I was also the editor for design & fashion for Palm Beach Illustrated. Some of my projects .

Listen, this guy, probably a huge narcissist, likely left her a complete mess after he was done gettign his narcissistic supply and moved on to his next victim. You can tell by his total lack of empathy or relationship with his own flesh and blood son.

God hates divorce and this ignorant “get over it, move on with your life” doesn’t show any intelligence when her marriage, the place where she and her children were supposed to be loved unconditionally turned out to be a house of horrors.

The Maureen Sullivan Stemberg Story: A Portrait in Courage
DRAGON-LION MEDIA’s Edmund Druilhet has just announced the production of “The Maureen Sullivan Stemberg Story: A Portrait In Courage”, a documentary detailing the life of Boston native Maureen Sullivan Stemberg, the former and first wife of Staples founder, Tom Stemberg, who served as CEO and drove the company through its growth from infancy to what is now a worldwide superstore based on the idea of a home-office. Maureen Sullivan Stemberg ran her own very successful interior design business from just such a home-office. This is such a timely story the truth is coming out about corporate greed at its best and its worst.

Obama must really be steamed after that last debate because Romney’s part in the Stegman divorce info has been hashed and rehashed time and again on the internet. All this info seems pretty lame to me given it was and continued to be an extremely bitter divorce. Lots of he said and she said. I hope this isn’t going to be a sleazy attempt to put some kind of face on the alleged “War on Women.” Then again, it is the Obama campaign and Gloria Allred.
The former Mrs. Stemberg who claims no health insurance due to what she claims are extensive medical conditions lives in a $5,600 per month abode and had a generous (by my poor standards) settlement.

Romney testified at the time and rumor has it that he told the court that Stembergs Staples stock was over-valued in the court records. This was sometime in 1988. Of course in the Spring of 1989, the stock went public and Mrs. Stemberg had sold off half of her stock before then.

I don’t know when Romney was working with Wall Street to take the stock public, but, the Dems may be trying to say that Romney devalued what was the couple’s primary asset in a state that is 50/50 in divorce cases. In my opinion, Romney’s involvement in Staples was due to Stegmans excellent sales skills and not any earth shattering financial data at the time.

But then, that’s what I want in a President is someone who can look at economical possibilities and see the possibilities.

There was also some story out there at one time that the Stegman son had approached Romney to help his mother. Stegman and his son were not on excellent terms after the divorce. I don’t see how that involves Romney.

I didn’t quote any links to this info because it has been all over the internet for a long time. You can find it easily on the internet. If this is it, what a desperation shot it is and the Rats must really be shaking in their shoes a couple of weeks prior to the election.

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posted on 10/23/2012 10:06:07 PM PDT
by MWestMom
("And those that cried appease, appease were hung by those they tried to please" - Horace Mann)

Was worth $5 mil and spent $4 trying for more and in a defamation suit? Lives in a $5200 a month apt?

Can’t feel sorry for her. Maybe she should move to a $700 per month apt. like many people live in. Maybe she should try living like any of the many people that have lost their jobs instead of like a rich bi***.

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posted on 10/23/2012 10:23:17 PM PDT
by leapfrog0202
("the American presidency is not supposed to be a journey of personal discovery" Sarah Palin)

Of course, if his style always translated to money in the bank for his female clients, only their fat-cat husbands would complain. But that’s not always the case. Take Maureen Sullivan Stemberg, the ex-wife of Staples founder Tom Stemberg. They divorced in 1987, and, in the settlement, she received nearly 500,000 shares of Staples stock, reportedly valued at $2.25 per share. Problem was, Staples went public two years later - at $19 per share - after she had unloaded nearly half her stock. She hired Inker to get her what she thought she deserved. The divorce grew into a decade-long mess, breathlessly retold on the front page of The Wall Street Journal in 1997. “I hired Monroe because he was supposed to be the best,” Maureen Stemberg says now. “They had Tom and I go after each other, and it was like, sit back and watch the money roll in.” She says she only met with Inker three times, despite the $3 million she estimates she paid his firm. Inker says his colleague handled the case. Maureen Stemberg says Inker’s female clients are vulnerable. “He meets with them. He says, `Oh, you poor thing, your poor kids. Oh, my God,’ and he doesn’t even know their name. . . . He calls me the Staples lady,” she says, then adds her experience with Inker’s firm was atypical of her dealings with lawyers. After losing her case in 1994, she sued Inker and his colleagues for malpractice, a case that was eventually dismissed.

tap into the anger of any divorced woman that feels like she got screwed by the system.

Anyone who has been divorced has been screwed by "the system". The lawyers and judges are the ones who get money out of their system. The judges (don't forget that they are lawyers too) get their kickbacks by letting things drag on and on so the lawyers can bleed both side dry.

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posted on 10/23/2012 10:26:08 PM PDT
by fella
("As it was before Noah, so shall it be again,")

The girls at the purse blog seem to agree that this broad is still trying to milk the EX for more while she sits in her $5700 apt crying about being broke. She could qualify for one of Obama’s welfare programs pretty soon if she can’t get the EX to fork over some hush money.

Welcome to the real world, wench.

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posted on 10/23/2012 10:36:20 PM PDT
by submarinerswife
(Insanity is doing the same thing over and over, while expecting different results~Einstein)

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